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The Challenge

The Challenge

20236.92h 44m

Overview

Thoracic surgeon Evgenia Belyaeva has one month to prepare for a flight to the International Space Station, where she must operate on a crew member. Will she be up for the challenge? Can she overcome her fears and insecurities? Will she be able to perform the complicated surgery in zero gravity, and give the cosmonaut a chance to return to Earth alive?

Directed by Klim Shipenko
Written by Klim Shipenko, Bakur Bakuradze, Ilya Malakhova
Produced by Sergey Titinkov, Vitaly Shlyappo, Alexey Trotsyuk
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Top Cast

Yulia Peresild

Yulia Peresild

Evgenia Belyaeva

Miloš Biković

Miloš Biković

Vladislav Nikolaev

Klim Shipenko

Klim Shipenko

Alyona Mordovina

Alyona Mordovina

Vladimir Mashkov

Vladimir Mashkov

Volin

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Oleg Novitsky

Ivanov

Anton Shkaplerov

Anton Shkaplerov

Anton Shkaplerov

Elena Valyushkina

Elena Valyushkina

Galina

Varvara Volodina

Varvara Volodina

Masha

Andrey Shchepochkin

Andrey Shchepochkin

Valentin Borisovich

Themes & Keywords

space missioninternational space station (iss)

About The Challenge

The Challenge is a drama film released in 2023 exploring themes of space mission, international space station (iss). Directed by Klim Shipenko, it stars Yulia Peresild, Miloš Biković, Klim Shipenko. Thoracic surgeon Evgenia Belyaeva has one month to prepare for a flight to the International Space Station, where she must operate on a crew member. Will she be up for the challenge? Can she overcome her fears and insecurities? Will she be able to perform the complicated surgery in zero gravity, and give the cosmonaut a chance to return to Earth alive?

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